Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned plans to explore for gas in Qatar's Block D after recent drilling failed to turn up commercial volumes at its majority-owned QSD-1 well, sources said.
Shell said earlier yesterday that it had wr

Iraq awarded only one out of six new oil and gas blocks to foreign companies on Wednesday after tough contract terms dampened interest during a fourth energy bidding round the Opec-member hoped would further expand its energy sector.
Baghd